[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 49042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23952]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to The Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Harsco 
Corporation, No. 01-166 (E.D. Ky) was lodged on August 29, 2001, with 
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. 
The consent decree settles claims for civil penalties and injunctive 
relief against Harsco Corporation (``Harsco'') pursuant to Section 
113(b) of the Clean Air Act (``the Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), based on 
violations of Kentucky's State Implementation Plan promulgated under 
the Act. 401 KAR 63:010(3)(1), (2). The consent decree requires Harsco 
to construct a partial enclosure with spraying equipment to control 
dust emissions from its slag recycling operations. The consent decree 
also requires Harsco to pay a civil penalty of $175,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Dep0artment of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Harsco Corporation, DOJ Ref.# 90-5-2-1-2115/1.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Kentucky, 110 West Vine 
Street, Suite 400 Lexington, Kentucky (859) 233-2661 and the Region 4 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W. 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be 
obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, D.C. 20044-7611. In requesting a copy please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $9.25 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-23952 Filed 9-24-01; 8:45 am]
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